Jaipur: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi today asked the people to remain prepared for another movement if no strong Lokpal bill is passed during budget session of Parliament.
She said that if the government failed to pass a strong Lokpal bill during the upcoming budget session, people should remain prepare for Anna’s call to press for their demand of strong Lokpal.
“If a strong Lokpal bill is not passed in forthcoming budget session, Anna may give a call accordingly and you should remain prepared to follow his call. If he gives a call to move to Delhi, move with other volunteers,” she said in reply to a question asked by a woman at a seminar here.
“The movement has gone beyond Anna and team Anna and has become a movement of every household. Volunteers of India Against Corruption are increasing countrywide and you all should focus on consistent meetings, awareness programme and other preparations,” she said.
Bedi also highlighted rule 49-O of Conduct of Election Rules which allows a voter to register his presence at the polling booth without casting the vote in favour of any candidate.
“Importance of vote is highly significant and this is what everybody should know. It is vote due to which a candidate wins or loses.
“We need ‘Right to Reject’ but we can also use rule 49-O under which we may decided to not to vote for anyone, if we do not find any suitable candidate, after registering our presence at the booth,” she said, adding, that not many were aware about this rule even some presiding officers.
She said that assembly polls were just rehearsal and their main focus was 2014-general elections.
